Tag Archives: Humor
Artie Lange makes sexist comments, Jimmy Fallon laughs, audience applauds
TweetJimmy Fallon is charming, enthusiastic, and totally non-controversial. Ask any fan or casual “Late Night” viewer, and you’ll hear things like, “Yeah, he seems like a really nice guy.” Recently, however, Fallon was also the conduit for Artie Lange (a washed-up comedian and self-identified “G-List” celebrity) to spew sexism and to promote ogling and objectifying [...]
Also tagged comedy, Jimmy Fallon, objectification, Sexism 2 Comments
Craigslist and accepting myself as a woman living alone
TweetI might as well say it out loud. I sometimes date men off of Craigslist. It a mixed-bag of cock and ab pics, men who are looking for sex-only relationships, kink, and men who are looking for ltrs (long term relationships). Recently, I posted an ad, looking for a brotherly type man to hang out [...]
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On the nonsense of kitchen and sandwich jokes
Tweet A SYTYCB entry Publicly support women’s rights on the Internet (or you know, simply exist on the Internet as a woman), and you’ll inevitably encounter some form of the following allegedly hilarious silencing tactics: “get back to the kitchen” or “make me a sandwich“. Pictured above: humor? The reasoning behind these pervasive jokes is [...]
Also tagged Anti-Feminism, Sexism 1 Comment
What We Missed: Wannabe edition
TweetA SYTYCB entry We are apparently still letting misogynistic morons both speak publically about false women’s health information AND run for US Senate. News from the Dominican Republic: Girl faced with both a pregnancy and acute leukemia is dead after failing to receive chemo or abortion services. Okay, okay, women “aren’t asking to be raped,” [...]
Also tagged abortion, Books, Election, Health, Health care, Media, Motherhood, News, Politics, rape, Reproductive Rights, Violence Against Women Leave a comment
When “smart meets sexy,” or when bad humor happens to good people, or even how hard is it to just apologize and put people first, not stereotypes?